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Librarian Albert Tablante taught Tai chi at the Freeport Memorial Library on Feb. 7.
Meditation in motion to reduce stress
The Freeport Memorial Library and Recreation Center are offering Tai chi classes throughout the spring months. more
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The arrows’ 7- and 8-year-old players gathered on the ice for practice. Will Bodine, the league’s director of team development, demonstrated how to properly hold a stick.
Freeport proud home of the Arrows
Twelve-year-old Vincent Palagiano, of North Bellmore, chewed on his green mouth guard and wiped sweat from his brow before he gripped his hockey stick and glided onto the ice to join his teammates. … more
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Amazon announced Thursday that it would not open its second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.
Nassau County officials upset over Amazon's decision to abandon Queens headquarters
Nassau County elected officials expressed disappointment after Amazon announced Feb. 14 that it would drop its plan to open a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. The tech giant’s … more
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The Hempstead Town Board tabled Supervisor Laura Gillen’s proposal to audit its Building Department.
Hempstead Town Board tables audit of Building Department
The Hempstead Town Board voted on Feb. 5 to table the hiring of an outside consultant to audit the Town Building Department. The roughly $155,000 measure was intended to offer recommendations on how … more
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“Annie Jr.,” a version of the musical “Annie” performed by a younger cast, debuted at the Freeport High School Performance Center on Jan. 31. The “orphans” performed “It’s a Hard-Knock Life.”
‘It’s a hard-knock life’
It was a one night performance and the opening night that welcomed parents, students, neighbors and a little bit of everyone from Freeport as the J.W. Dodd Middle School students performed Annie, Jr. … more
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The Top Notch Networking group meets every Thursday at the Imperial Dinner in Freeport on Merrick Road. The group comprises of professionals from a diverse collection of fields.
The Breakfast Club for professionals
They look like a bunch of cheery morning people. They were professionally dressed, laughing and casually chatting over a cup of coffee by 7:30 a.m. The Top Notch Team, TNT, networking group has been meeting every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at the Imperial Diner on Merrick Road in Freeport since 2016. more
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J.W. Dodd middle School students Jameer Reeder, 12, left, and Martese Davenport, 13, tried on new wrestling shoes that were donated to the team on Monday.
J.W. Dodd Middle School wrestlers receive gift from the heart
“Freeport on three,” the J.W. Dodd School wrestling coach, Dave Gordon, yelled as 60 Dodd wrestlers huddled around Patricia Lesser in the school gym on Monday. After roaring “Freeport,” the wrestlers rolled up the mats, while Lesser, of Massapequa, started handing out 60 pairs of wrestling shoes that she and her family donated to the wrestling team. more
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Freeport High School junior Yenifer Tiburcio-Jerez, 16, far left, helped her teammates, junior Mason Bazemore, 16, and sophomore Diamond Anderson, 15, make last-minute adjustments to their robot before the next battle round at the fifth annual Robotics Competition at FHS last Saturday.
Freeport district robotics teams battle it out at annual event
As the Caroline G. Atkinson Intermediate School students hovered over their “clawbot,” they ran through a set of new computer codes to improve the robot’s gripping ability during the fifth annual Robotics Competition at Freeport High School last Saturday. more
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State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, left at lectern, and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins announced that a package of tighter gun restrictions was passed by the State Legislature on Jan. 29.
Legislators tighten New York's gun laws
On Jan. 30, state lawmakers approved the first new gun control laws since the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act passed in 2013. Gun control advocates cheered the further tightening … more
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Heralds seeking go-getter reporter on L.I.'s South Shore
Herald Community Newspapers seeks an entry-level journalist to report for one of our newspapers covering Long Island’s South Shore. Recent graduates and reporters in their first year or two in the … more
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